later on he also joined the muslim e a group protecting the muslim minority. both parties were fighting for an independent india which at the time was gina's ultimate goal jinnah in strongly opposed to the idea of a separate muslim nation and indeed he is saying this is british divide and rule they want us to be divided we've got to stand together we've got to fight for our freedom if we don't fight for our freedom to get that we will never be free but he increasingly gets sidelined by a new younger generation of leadership among whom particularly there is there is never who is his nemesis handed now who calls for an indian republic is accused by the league of working for domination over the muslim minority but are making everyone with britain's grip on india weakening nehru and the indian national congress grew in power. nehru wanted a new india to have a strong central government run by his party. this alarmed general who argued muslim majority regions should govern themselves. it was a losing battle you know realized that given the imbalance in political su

the work we do helps muslims and also nor muslims to do away with literally nothing of a text. you leave the text sitting there it's an approach that usually leads to greater interest in the spirit of the text. rather than in the literal meaning to question that. nearly all of the qur'an 114 suras contain a lot of ambiguity. so we ask question how do we know what we know how do we know if this interpretation is actually an interpretation of what god had in mind how do we know if this is the source of authority why this male scholars through the centuries had more authority than a woman today living in one context we're understand the stakes for her own experience from a woman's perspective tunisia is the most liberal muslim country in the region even so reforms are needed islamic scholar of her yousef has written extensively on issues like inheritance law polygamy and homosexuality as they relate to the qur'an use of compares the interpretations of male scholars from the middle ages to those of today and critiques their positions because of that she's been threatened by islamis

but still some say it's impossible to be a muslim or down especially a muslim woman and modern or that it's impossible to be muslim and to stand for absolute equality between men and women. in the struggle for an islamic feminism muslim women are rising up and fighting their way towards emancipation with bravery and wisdom. if you look even at the one of the most advanced european european mom countries very few have 5050 percent representation between men and women and it's appalling i mean like for example when i look at it sometimes. of the leaders of the prime ministers of europe when they're gathered all together and i see just angela merkel and maybe one other woman and then all men say this is europe what's happening this is 2900 and europe what. then are we supposed to do here if that is your act you know what i mean so you have a lot to do as well don't think that it is over. the society you can't in the labor market deliver is that he is calling for. gender ethnic background. or him haitian health for the military should be the deciding factor in career success. we talked to

i do believe the work we do helps muslims and also nor muslims to do away with literally nothing of the text. lift you have used to detect sitting there it's an approach that usually leads to greater interest in the spirit of the text. rather than in the literal meaning to castle that. nearly all of the qur'an 114 suras contain a lot of ambiguity. so we ask question how do we know what we know how do we know if this interpretation is actually an interpretation of what god had in mind how do we know if this is a source of authority why this male scholars through the centuries had more authority than a woman today living in one context were understand the stakes for her own experience from a woman's perspective tunisia is the most liberal muslim country in the region even so reforms are needed islamic scholar of for yourself has written extensively on issues like inheritance law polygamy and homosexuality as they relate to the qur'an use of compares the interpretations of male scholars from the middle ages to those of today and critiques their positions because of that she's been threaten

but still some say it's impossible to be a muslim or down especially a muslim woman and modern or that it's impossible to be muslim and to stand for absolute equality between men and women. in the struggle for an islamic feminism muslim women are rising up and fighting their way towards emancipation with bravery and wisdom. if you look even at the one of the most advanced european european mom countries very few have 5050 percent representation between men and women and it's appalling i mean like for example when i look at it sometimes. of the leaders of the prime ministers of europe when they're gathered all to. gather and i see just angela merkel and maybe one other woman and then all men say this is europe what's happening this is 2900 and europe what then are we supposed to do here if that is europe you know what i mean so you have a lot to do as well don't think that it is over. ourselves to. live in cloud. and here's. thinking the world in a more poetic. p.r. to. interview. him personally yourself it's not easy to go to another country and know nothing about the film do this beca

were inherently violent or that muslim -- the way in which muslims act is violent.nt to correct that notion for your millions of viewers. and that's why i think it's so important to have this conversation because what the facts are is that while muslims receive the vast majority of media coverage when it comes to ideological motivated violence, they are by no means the majority of -- they are not the ones that are committing most terrorism in america. the vast majority of terrorists casualties at the hands of terrorism are at the hands of white supremacists and far right extremists in the united states. most people don't know that. not only that, but muslim publics around the world and in the united states are more likely than the general public to actually reject violence against civilians. so you have this media portrayal on one hand implying and reinforcing the stereotype while the reality on the other hand says the exact opposite. >> yeah. i mean, and i guess this is why it annoys me to see the way that donald trump has talked about it because you are absolutely

for all that and muslim feminist. they never are the problem isn't religion or the koran but patriarchy. rar was born in hanover the daughter of moroccan immigrants she argues for an open and critical interpretation of islam and she puts muslim gender cliches under the microscope. this traditionally islam is a pattern arkell religion it has to be sit astride that doesn't mean and i've explored this in my dog emancipation in islam is that the situation so when has it improved islam i i did it was of congress and the role of the woman in islam whether she can be emancipated within islam is one of the big questions of our time because we talk a lot about islam around the world not just in germany or europe is emancipation possible islam i'd say yes but it's incredibly dependent on who interprets the religion and what mindset she has os legged guys out. to. sense the 2011 revolution the country on the mediterranean coast has been in a state of upheaval. the islamic scholar at demos she chairs the was a member of the commi

written in the muslim news this is a religious muslim newspaper in 64 and they wrote. has the government or britain the worship of a large and the spreading of islam has the government closed down or ordered the the demolishment of any mosque in a declared wide area if the government has ordered us to us as muslims to deserve the faith of our forefathers than our lamarr would have been the 1st to urge us to resist even to death. and you're welcome to voice became drivetime options important as follicle university of western cape receives graunt most generally agree a weekly africa report not a 5 demographer you while you're on what's happening in fact the interesting thing about him on whole room that when he started to become politically aware and when he started to talk about political awareness and remember political awareness in suffolk and in those days was about basic human rights unfortunately and this is a big blot on our community a lot of the allam of the time a lot of the community elders of the time told him to keep quiet they said he was going and doing th

the first cials, muslim in congress comes to mind, keith ellison. and but know have -- we now have rashida tlaib and ilhan omar and the list goes on. throughout this covid-19 pandemic, you would be hard pressed to find a hospital in this great nation without a muslim health care worker on the frontlines serving fellow americans, not just in urban centers, but in suburb qua. rural parts of our country. you know, as more and more muslims call america home, mr. speaker, we will continue working tirelessly, guided by our faith, to ensure our great country lives up to the principles of equality, compassion and opportunity for all. our faith keeps us motivated every day to advance these goals. around the world, millions of muslims are also engaged in this struggle, also using their faith as a guide.

for all that and muslim feminist. zaineb rar the problem isn't religion or the koran but patriarchy. elmer's rar was born in hanover the daughter of moroccan immigrants she argues for an open and critical interpretation of islam and she puts muslim gender cliches under the microscope. they say this traditionally islam is a patry arkell religion it has to be sit tight that doesn't mean and i've explored this in my own emancipation in islam is that the situation so when has it improved islam. i did it was of congress and the role of the woman in islam whether she can be emancipated within islam is one of the big questions of our time because we talk a lot about islam around the world not just in germany or europe is emancipation possible in islam i'd say yes but it's incredibly dependent on who interprets the religion and what mindset she has. guys. tunisia since the 2011 revolution the country on the mediterranean coast has been in a state of upheaval. the islamic scholar she charged field was a member of the commissio

but still some say it's impossible to be a muslim or down especially a muslim woman and modern or that it's impossible to be muslim and to stand for absolutely equality between men and women. in the struggle for an islamic feminism muslim women are rising up and fighting their way towards emancipation with bravery and wisdom. if you look even at the one of the most advanced european european mom countries very few have 5050 percent representation between men and women and it's appalling i mean like for example when i look at it sometimes. of the leaders of the prime ministers of europe when they're gathered all together and i see just angela merkel and maybe one other woman and then all men say this is europe what's happening this is 2900 and europe what. then are we supposed to do a year if that is europe you know what i mean so you have a lot to do as well don't think that it is over. he does move the drive in circles. going to grassy leads the way to clean. the formulae the world champion is a u.n. climate embassador in new delhi he fights against air pollution and for people's heal

tunisian fauzia shafi has been a muslim feminist ever since she was young. she studied physics in paris in the 1950 s. for a long time she taught at the university of tunis one of the few women to do so. she's concerned that women internees in cities are increasingly wearing headscarves again. simply cool i like to think back to that time my b.f. . my mask my father and mother are fitted so i be back then the women are all dressed like europeans. in general to my comment i love to show my grandmother off because she didn't always wear headscarves to deafen much when she was at home she was just herself. if there are just slightly egyptian women 2 new zealand women who've been struggling since the start of the 20th century the defense team say. in 1956 tunisia gained its independence the 1st president had beepers saw him self as an advocate for women he i should inconsiderable improvements like the prohibition of polygamy divorce laws and the introduction of a minimum age for marriage. girls and women gained access to schools universities and the labor market

muslims in germany are calling on the government to take anti muslim racism more seriously studies suggest more than half of germans see islam as a threat and authorities have recorded around 1002 muslim crimes each year in new network of experts has been set up to tackle the issue and it made its public debut in berlin on thursday but many of those effective say effective say bigger changes and to stop discrimination. and i'm sure to bleecker this is and even just the looks you get it's a feeling of not being accepted of being different the feeling that you're not allowed to see berlin or germany as your home however much you'd like to see all 3 months going to. run a time of it he is a student in berlin and like around 4 and a half 1000000 others in germany she's muslim she says she often experiences discrimination. statistics show the number of attacks on muslims in mosques here is rising last year the government recorded 184 such incidents the equivalent of one every out the day but experts say anti muslim racism also affects those who aren't religious. and when muslim discrimination i

and moderate muslims and people who can actually bridge the gap between the non—muslim community andmists, who are, albeit a minority, but still a problem within the muslim community. so we need people like maajid nawaz and ayaan hirsi ali and, you know, dozens of other secularists and moderates and apostates, who i've supported, and we need them to figure out how to midwife this renaissance within the muslim community, where something like enlightenment values take hold in the widest possible way. it's obvious that i'm not going to accomplish that. it requires somebody who is in the community to do that. generally, people, ithink, associate you particularly with a very strong brand of atheism, and there was that famous time you debated with chris hitchens and richard dawkins, and all of you said religion is extremely corrosive and damaging. somebody then asked about spirituality. and while the others didn't really bite, you said, actually, no, there is room for spirituality in my life. but i'm just wondering what that means for you. ultimately, despite everything you say about the s

imamconnect claims to be the world's first online platform for muslim services.nts, it directly connects imams from both sunni and shia sects to muslims without the need to use a mosque. nalini sivathasan has more. after months of lockdown, religious bases like mosques have been welcoming back followers. but with strict social distancing measures in place, it has not been easy. 25—year—old zakir needed grief counselling after her child died. i go to mosque regularly, but again if i had contacted them and said i need help with this service, it would have been kind of like a waiting game. she used imamconnect and found this imam. he is one of the nearly 80 imams and muslim scholars from around the world who are vetted and put on the platform, offering services from islamic prayer, officiating weddings to koran classes in person or online. users can then rate them. with imam rating, we booked instantly, no waiting. nearly half of the uk's 2.7 million muslims are under the age of 2a, but even before lockdown, fewer of them were going to the mosque or masjid regularly

were brought here from west africa muslim. we see muslims as first responders. one of them. we see muslims who were part of the call to fight terrorism in the thwarting eality and potential attacks you'll never hear about in the news because frontlines in the our law enforcement community our intelligence services. critical in been establishing ith islam and promoting elf-respect, self-determination, creating our own enterprises and businesses. e hear terms now like stay woke. i submit to you, mr. speaker, that that terminology came from contributions and the foundation laid by muslims.merican it began as a colonel in the inception of this country and it started to blossom in the early 1930's, during the great depression, and during variations you had of islam that was not arabized was an arab presented by islam it wouldn't attractive. been tainly wouldn't have attracted to me. ow you have a beautiful religion with an interfaith coalition with christian jewish and sisters, rothers and sisters, sikhs, hindus, aethists, buddhist

to take anti-muslim hate more seriously.slam a phobic attacks have surged in recent years. today, a new network of experts have launched to tackle this issue, but bigger changes are needed to stop the discrimination. [speaking foreign language] >> even just the looks you get, it is a feeling of not being accepted. of being different. if feeling that you are not allowed to see berlin or germany as your home, however much you would like to. >> she is a student in berlin, and like 4.5 million others in germany, she is muslim. she often experiences his termination. statistics show that the number of attacks on muslims and mosques here are rising. last year, 184 incidents were recorded. experts say that anti-muslim racism also affects those who are not religious. [speaking foreign language] >> anti-muslim discrimination is based on certain indicators, for example, the language someone speaks, their name, the way they look, the color of their hair, whether they are wearing a headscarf or not. it affects more people than you might

the story of mohammed's 1st wife the teacher continues to inspire muslim women today. how do you chose especially because she was a very successful business woman she knew how to choose the right people to work for our citrus prophet muhammad. she turned off a lot of marriages as being the respectable reach a lot of men proposed and at that time almost 1500 years she knew how to say no too bad she's the one who asked prophet muhammad to get married so she has the guts of note to say this is the man i see the cult i think is good for me i was if i detail was empowered she was an empowered through my. son or omar so it's a political scientist she works for the women's n.g.o.s in paris the group fights for equality and justice in muslim families her own family originally came from morocco as a teenager in france she encountered prejudice against her faith time and again. i was a well spoken child i was very loud and i was very proud to be able to memorize so many separate from the and and if any being the elder daughter of an in mom is not easy because the community looks

i think the muslims a disproportionately affected by this kind of service simply because muslims are more generally the victim of accusations of board brush accusations unfounded accusations and what some of us like welch at the halls is that hoover this and he kind of online. without much scrutiny about the source of the accusation i don't find any particular. unusual focus on muslims or arabs in any of the 4 major commercial off the shelf databases a high risk individuals but as a matter of practice they're going to contain more and more. of entries are very nationals and muslim nationals because of the global war on terrorism i think what we can say is that this takes place as a risen in the post 911 climates of paranoia about terrorism and of course that is something that impacts all muslims most of all and i think what well done unfortunately is taken some of the west's lies and innuendo about muslims from the darkest corners of the internet may free packaged as reliable information i think that's very concise. and a letter dated the 13th of june 29 teams griffin achieve will ch

muslims here in germany are calling on the government to take anti muslim hate more seriously islamophobia tax have surged in recent years today a new network of experts has been launched to tackle this issue but many of those affected say bigger changes are needed to stop the discrimination. and i'm sure i'm to make sure this is and even just the looks you get it's a feeling of not being accepted of being different or the feeling that you're not allowed to see berlin or germany as your home however much you like to see doubt help them understand. granted some of that he is a student in berlin and like around 4 and a half 1000000 others in germany she's muslim she says she often experiences discrimination. statistics show the number of attacks on muslims in mosques here is rising last year the government recorded 184 such incidents the equivalent of one every of the day but experts say anti muslim racism also affects those who aren't religious. and joining muslim discrimination is based on certain indicators for example the language someone speaks their name or where they look the color of

most muslim women choose between their faith and self-determination. i don't want anyone to tell me when the right to lead scotland. are striving to reform their islam away from traditional prejudices for. women. start september 24th on g.w. . sure to go over tick tock take another turn u.s. voters for the social media after now seeking a joint majority stake in the company to move they hope will finally appease the u.s. but will china sign off. protests erupt in france after bridgestone factory closes the company points to low demands of the pentagon.

in the muslim brotherhood. listen to a muslim a. muslim son who was not muslim prompting. me. to know. me. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. dramatic to follow only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful. to sit down and talk. same wrong we're all just don't all. get to shape our. answer. and in. the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. this. is. where group was is. this is what. moved. into. this is all just. this is. just. out here on the falls. allegedly did this in just almost. 2 weeks. and the many lectures and discussions that take place here i learned about alternative economy and our deep interest in. the back telling tales to people disregard. existing if it isn't so hard to find new social and economic structures to good people and the environment 1st. read the book and read the been doing to me as. imaginative given that not even a bank may simply and. may simply adventure thing beings might then he adds a live event bang at the i'm a

the taliban are sunni muslims. they are from the dominant muslim sect in afghanistan. what's the difference between them and non-taliban sunni muslims? the difference is not that great. what they actually believe in-- and what they observe is not that different. in many cases, it is coincidence. it's the same. praying five times a day, observing the religion in the same way, the difference is that most people, most afghans do not want to see violence and extreme cruelty used to propagate or to enforce their religion. host: back to photos. the next 1, 2016, also from kabul. a scavenger boy gathering garbage near the palace. pamela: yes. when i was looking at this picture the other day, it is good to show it. that palace has now been picture the other day, it is good to show it. that palace has now been completely renovated. it is undergoing this massive renovation. it's very beautiful now. that was built in the 1920's. by king amanoula. he lived there and it was a beautiful old palace that was destroyed in successive wars. it stood for years as an emblem and an eyesore

well muslims here in germany are calling on the government to do more to fight discrimination against them studies indicate that more than half of germans see islam as a threat authorities a record of a steady rise in anti muslim crimes each year a new network of experts has been set up to tackle the issue you met with some of the people calling for change. and i am sure to bleecker as this and even just the looks you get it's a feeling of not being accepted of being different and the feeling that you're not allowed to see berlin or germany as your home however much you'd like to see in all 3 months down the road. ran a time of it he is a student in berlin and like around 4 and a half 1000000 others in germany she's muslim she says she often experiences discrimination. statistics show the number of attacks on muslims in mosques here is rising last year the government recorded 184 such incidents the equivalent of one every of the day but experts say anti muslim racism also affects those who aren't religious. and by muslim discrimination is based on certain indicators for example the la

convert to islam every year there's been widespread outrage at the practice among muslims and norm muslims in pakistan members of the religious minority communities have protested demanding better protection their rights. hindus and christians make up around 5 percent of pakistan's $220000000.00 muslim majority population the government is helping to renovate around $400.00 hindu temples places of worship often neglected since the partition of india more than 70 years ago by the prime minister imran khan has been praised for a recent program that gives indian sikhs visa free access to visit a shrine close to the border evidence he says of pakistan's commitment to ensuring freedom of worship he says the kidnapping and forced conversions to islam have to stop. you can't. really write related how can you forcefully convert someone to islam or force them into marriage either by threatening them or at gunpoint as we have heard incidents like these and sent all these practices are totally on the sly mick. terms of changing the law remain a challenge in 2016 the regional cinda simply trying to pa

that is to republics some of its most controversial cartoons which depict the prophet mohammed the muslim prophet now it was those types of cartoons that were published by the magazine that initially put a target on its back and led to that attack back in 2015 in which 12 people were murdered now back then the world came out in support singh's use free sharlee saying they supported the right of the magazine its freedom of speech to publish cartoons like that but by republishing these cartoons again today a montage of them it has reignited the debate here in france over whether or not it's ok to blast fim now there has been some polls done the news that charlie hebdo was reprinting some of those cartoons and it's really interesting the results that have come out this is a poll that's been done by the french institute of public opinion now it found when it asked the french people in general what they thought was this the right thing to do and that the majority of people supported the decision supported the freedom of speech of charlie hebdo but when you narrow that field down and only asked

and while we condemn these actions openly vehemently no heed will be paid because who cares about muslim sentiments anyway now this trial is hugely important not just because it's about the attacks but it's also about the attacks that took place a few days later on a kosher supermarket here in paris where more people were killed and what the national anti terror prosecutor here in france i said while this might not be about the men that carried out those attacks because they are dead this is about that wider web of individuals who supported them who perhaps finance them or shielded them in the aftermath of those attacks and this also comes as font says interior minister warns that while this trial is about the historical event an event that is still something that is poignant in french memory there is also something that we must remember he talked about and that is the fact that there is still a huge threat of terror here in france it is the internal threat within our walls which has become the most significant and the strongest one which mobilizes the most attention of the intelligence